#Adrian Bellani

[fabledenigma]

In the Source Link, you will find a gif pack of Gerardo Celasco in Swimming With Sharks tv series.

Gerardo plays the role of Miles Bresson, the husband of Diane Kruger's character - Joyce Holt. He becomes one of the targets of Lou. Gerardo has also gone by the name - Adrian Bellani and is currently in a relationship with actress Jennifer Morrison.

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[pilotseason2019]

NEXT (ordered to series)

A brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO joins a Homeland Cybersecurity Agent and her team to stop the world’s first artificial intelligence crisis: the emergence of a rogue AI with the ability to continuously improve itself. Marrying pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don’t yet understand, the series also presents us with a villain like we’ve never seen before, one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.

Cast (thus far)

John Slattery (Mad Men) as Paul Leblanc, who is extremely intelligent. People think he may be a sociopath but he’s really just a narcissist with money instead of social graces. (Mar 19)

Fernanda Andrade (The Devil Inside) as Shea, an FBI agent with the cybercrime division. Shea has overcome a troubled, sometimes violent past in her home country to become the youngest agent to run her own cyber division. (Mar 1)

Elizabeth Cappuccino (Jessica Jones) as Abby. Smart- a college student- she is somewhat estranged from her father, Paul, and has learned how to live without him in her life. (Mar 22)

Gerardo Celasco (How to Get Away with Murder) as Ty Salazar, a blue collar tough guy who is Shea’s loving husband. (Mar 12)

Jason Butler Harner (Ozark) as Ted LeBlanc, Paul’s somewhat narrow-minded younger brother who is a corporate executive at a tech company. (Mar 19)

Evan Whitten (The Resident) as Owen Salazar. (May 9)

Eve Harlow (Heroes Reborn) as Gina. Easy to offend, a bit of a nerd and ultra woke, she works at the FBI cybercrime division. (Feb 28)

Aaron Moten (Disjointed) as Ben, a straight-laced, buttoned-up hard worker. Boring to the point of being interesting, he works at the FBI cyber crime division. (Mar 1)

Michael Mosley (Ozark) as CM, a Southern ex-con hacker with a genius IQ who works at the FBI cybercrime division. (Mar 15)

Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Drama

Created by: Manny Coto.

Directed by: John Requa & Glenn Ficarra.

Produced by: Manny Coto, Charlie Gogolak, John Requa & Glenn Ficarra

Studios: 20th Century FOX Television & Zaftig Films

First trailer

Held for midseason

[pilotseason2018]

THE FINEST (not ordered to series; aka The Holmes Sisters)

The lives of five African-American sisters, all officers in the NYPD, as they face the challenges of their high-risk jobs while juggling the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood and family.

Cast (thus far)

Frances Turner (The Gifted) as the lead sister, Lena Kendrick. Witty and intelligent, Lena relishes being a woman and a cop. The highest ranking of the five Kendrick sisters, Lena is the first African American woman to be promoted to Assistant Chief in the NYPD. (Mar 7)

Tisha Campbell-Martin (Dr. Ken) will play Sgt. Anise Kendrick-Morrison, a witty, tough and outspoken patrol officer with a sharp sense of humor. She is immensely proud of her family, especially her four sisters in the NYPD. The first to join the force, she proudly patrols her own childhood neighborhood in Queens. (Feb 27)

Amirah Vann (Underground) as Sgt. Ella Kendrick Graves, one of the sisters. Smart, kind, and principled, Ella patrols her childhood neighborhood in Queens. Ella is a stand-up cop who goes out of her way to prove that police officers can still be good guys who treat people fairly. Married for 18 years, Ella is also a mother of three who struggles to balance her home life with her job. When she chooses to disregard protocol, her partner gets shot, putting his life and her career in jeopardy. (Feb 22)

Michael Beach (Pitch) as Langston Graves, Ella’s husband. (Mar 7)

Leigh-Ann Rose (Love Thy Neighbor) as Nicole Kendrick, an attractive, fit, strong-willed, tough NYPD Detective. (Mar 14)

Adrian Bellani (Moneyball) as Lucas, Nicole’s ex-boyfriend. (Mar 9)

Aubin Wise (Atlanta) as the youngest of the five sisters, Det. Serena Kendrick-Archer. A youthful and wholesome beauty, Serena is a playful but tough NYPD detective who is happily married to her handsome architect husband. (Mar 7)

Dorian Missick (Southland) as John/Terrell Archer. (Mar 9)

Zoe Robins (The Shannara Chronicles) as Taylor, Anise’s daughter. (Mar 9)

Eric Balfour (Haven) as Detective Oz Darosa. (Mar 9)

Genre: Soapy Cop Drama

Created by: Pam Veasey. Directed by: Regina King.

Produced by: Robin Roberts, Pam Veasey & Regina King.

Studios: ABC Studios, Royal Ties & Rock’N’Robin Productions

Season Zero Pilot Preview (beware of spoilers)

[themoinmontrose]

actor adrian bellani @adrianbellani is 35 today #happybirthday

[bardofheartdive]

OC Faceclaims

Another tag from @alyssalenko from so long ago... Thank you for your patience, friend! I will tag (only if you want to play) @cdrkateshepard, @ghostxofxartemis, @illusivesoul, @korkro, @pigeontheoneandonly, and @ronqueesha​, as well as anyone who wants to play! I'm not going to spam you all with ALL of my OCs so here is a carefully chosen selection for your perusal.

Ariella Shepard (Bennet): Scottie Thompson

Mara Shepard (Payne): Anna Selezneva

Veerla Shepard (Sterling): Meisa Kuroki

Donovan Lír and Donovan Shepard: Jensen Ackles

Chris Ramsey (Shepard): Brian Balzerini

Gina Ewing (Shepard): Alex Marshall-Brown

Alejanda Ryder Aragón: Ximena Romo

Javier Ryder Aragón: Adrian Bellani

Summer Shepard and Autumn Brooks: Jamie Ray Newman

Ansleigh Albright: Alona Tal

[dear-indies]

Could you help me with some FCs, please? I'm looking for a male FC, ideally in their 30s, who has a very polished and sophisticated look and can play a very charming and persuasive person. Thank you so much in advance!

Andrew Scott (1976) 

Daniel Brühl (1978) 

Wes Bentley (1978) 

Daniel Henney (1979) Korean / Irish, English. 

Ian Anthony Dale (1978) Japanese, possibly one quarter Portuguese / English, German, French-Canadian.

Oh Anuchit Sapunpohng (1979) Thai. 

Mehcad Brooks (1980) African-American.

Patrick J. Adams (1981) 

Jack Laskey (1982) 

Gerardo Celasco / Adrian Bellani (1982) Salvadoran.

Arthur Darvill (1982) 

Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (1983) Turkish.

Aidan Turner (1983) 

Charles Michael Davis (1984) African-American / Filipino.

Boy Pakorn Chatborirak (1984) Thai. 

Theo James (1984) 

Aditya Roy Kapur (1985) Indian. 

Nickesh Patel (1985) Indian. 

Aaron Yan (1985) Taiwanese. 

Arjun Gupta (1986) Indian. 

Tyler Hoechlin (1987)

Hunter Parrish (1987)

Henry Golding (1987) Iban Malaysian / English.

Nick Sagar (1988) Jamaican / Guyanese.

-C

[resident-of-storybrooke]

Quick question: who is Gerardo Celasco? I've never heard of him, but I saw his name on Jen's Instagram twice now, so I thought I'd ask, if you don't mind. Googling didn't help me out much.

WHY HOWDY THERE NONNIE!! Come step into my office...

Gerardo Celasco (aka Adrian Bellani but seems like he’s back to going by Gereado - thank goodness I like it more), born April 8, 1982, is an American actor. His first big break into the industry was in the soap Passions. He recently had a bit on How To Get Away With Murder, he did great on it btw! 

He is VERY much into his family and visits them a lot in El Salvador! Throughout the summer he spent a bit of time there. We did get to see some photos of him and Jen there a few weeks ago. They were precious and melted my heart, but that’s just me. He’s very into fitness, he shares inspirational workout photos, to say the least. 

BUT MORE THAN JUST HIS GOOD LOOKS!! He’s a really great guy! He does a lot for those in need. He takes the time to help inform his followers of different tragedies going on around the world, and how they can help. He also speaks up about significant issues going on here, he isn’t afraid to speak up! He is a massive advocate and uses his platform to speak out for those who perhaps wouldn’t usually be heard. Yes, he’s handsome, but he’s also a great man. I do suggest checking out his social media accounts, really his Instagram that’s where he’s most active. 

Gerardo is a handsome young actor who does his best to help inform and make the world a better place! I hope this answered your question on who is Gerardo Celasco! 

[stellabystarlight12]

Adrian Bellani

[jillianleeadamson]

I'm a little late to my homework this week because my stepson is visiting and as a result, I've been driven everywhere on this wee isle in under 48 hours.

Howard Hodgkin - lowecase meh

Michael Craig Martin - meh. Too flat

Mark Rothko - Once upon a time, I worked at a coffee shop... A guy I worked with who was a bit of a jerk burnt his arm very badly on boiling hot coffee. I told him that his wound looked like a Rothko. I think that might be the only Rothko I ever liked.

Peter Doig - meh

Patrick Caulfield - meh... Question: If Patrick Caulfield and Michael Craig Martin were to have a joint exhibition, would we be able to tell their work apart?

Henri Matisse - I like some of his work. I prefer his paintings. I've always found his collages amazingly meh.

Clyfford Still - Yes. Finally work on this list that I like. His paintings look like abstract nightmares. This isn't a bad thing.

Albert Irvin - I like these... A bit too much cadmium red going on in his pallette, IMO but I like the marks.

Patrick Heron - Love this work.

Gary Hume - no.

Paul Gauguin - Did he cut off Van Gogh's ear with a sword? Was he anywhere near as amazing? No. Not even close. Why was Van Gogh so infatuated with Gauguin? I think my favourite Gauguin was actually a Scott Seekins... Seekins is a well-known Minneapolis, MN artist who does things like work in the style of someone else, but paints himself into the paintings. I wish I could find an image of it, but he painted himself into a nearly perfect replica of a Gauguin... I think it was one of his Tahitian paintings, but I can't remember. I saw it at the Minneapolis Institute of Art back in the early 2000's, I think. Either way, I liked Seekins' painting more than Gauguin's original because there was a sense of humor to it.

Andy Warhol - I do rather like a lot of Warhol's work. I also really quite like his early illustrations.

Bridget Riley - Op art hurts my brain.

Chris Ofili - middling yes?

Friedensreich Hundertwasser - Love, love, love Hundertwasser

André Derain - I've never been a huge fan of Fauvism, but I do like Derain's work.

John Hoyland - I'm not too sure about the paintings he did in the 60's, but I'm liking the work he did from the 1970's onward.

Raoul Dufy - This is making me rethink my general dislike of Fauvism. Maybe it's just a dislike of Matisse?

Barbara Rae - I really like these, especially the bright colours.

John Bellany - I really like his paintings. I especially like his painting at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. I love his people.

George Seurat - Seurat's work is just so cool. I'm not terribly keen on his subject choices most of the time, but the style is so neat. Also, the fact that he developed both pointillism and chromoluminarism is pretty goddamned awesome.

Jim Lambie - I suspect that this work might make me physically ill.

Pierre Bonnard - I have easily spent over three days (cumulatively) staring at Bonnard's 1913, "Dining Room in the Country." It was easily my most favourite work at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It's the piece I make a beeline to. I spend time with this painting every chance I get. The last time I was at the MIA, I spent over an hour looking for it, only to discover that was not on display. My friend Sam, a security guard at the museum, says it's still not back in the gallery where it was for years. This makes me very sad.

Kees Van Dongen - Me likey.

Adrian Wisniewski - Once I sorted out the misspelled name (I was getting images of American football uniforms)... Meh

Maurice de Vlaminck - i like these.

Richard Diebenkorn - boring.

R B Kitaj - I like some, dislike others. Prefer his drawings over his paintings. I'm again reminded that I've not read a Philip Kerr book yet.

Francis Cadell - Meh. Boring.

Ken Done - not my cuppa, but I bet my sister, Rachael, would love his work.

Samuel Peploe - i like these.

Van Gogh - duh... Love Van Gogh.

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No Enclave — Exploring Salvadoran Los Angeles

Metro Los Angeles is home to the largest population of Salvadorans outside of El Salvador, the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. Salvadorans comprise the second largest Latino population in Metro Los Angeles as well as the second largest foreign-born population. For this week of National Hispanic Heritage Month, they are the focus of this entry of No Enclave.

The Republic of El Salvador (República de El Salvador) is a small country bordered by Guatemala, Honduras, and the Pacific Ocean. Although the blue bands of Central American flags represent the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, El Salvador is the only country in Central America which shares no border with the latter. What’s now El Salvador was historically the homeland of several Native American peoples, including the Alaguilac, Cacaopera, Lenca, Mangue, Maya (Ch’orti’ and Poqomam), and Xinca. Later, the Pipil entered the region from the north and established one of the largest kingdoms. The Spanish Empire conquered all in 1525 and incorporated them into the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which had its capital in Mexico City.

In 1609 the area became part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala. The First Mexican Empire, including El Salvador, declared independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. In 1823 it became part of the Federal Republic of Central America and in 1838, that short-lived republic’s capital moved from Guatemala City to El Salvador’s largest municipality, San Salvador. The Federal Republic of Central America dissolved in 1841, at which point El Salvador became a sovereign nation. From 1895 to 1898 it was part of another short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua, the Greater Republic of Central America.

As with its neighbors, El Salvador has suffered from chronic political and economic instability characterized by corruption, civil war, military coups, and dictatorships — a situation often deliberately exacerbated by its powerful neighbor to the north, the United States, the government and military of which has generally intervened in order to protect what various leaders regard as their country’s interests — which are often at odds with the forces of Salvadoran democracy and sovereignty. The most infamous example of American-inflamed unrest was the bloody Salvadoran Civil War, which lasted from 1979 till 1992, during which President Ronald Reagan‘s administration famously defied an international embargo by selling weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran and then funneled the profits to anti-democratic, genocidal, Right Wing death squads in El Salvador. As a result of the war, an estimated 80,000 people died, 8,000 “disappeared,” 550,000 were displaced, and 500,000 fled to other countries, primarily the US.

SALVADORAN-ANGELENOS

In the English language, there is one official demonym for people from El Salvador, “Salvadoran.” Nevertheless, in Los Angeles, one regularly encounters all sorts of colloquial variations, including “Salvadorean,” “Salvadorian,” and their bizarrely inelegant siblings, “El Salvadorean” and “El Salvadorian.” Consider how dissonant it would sound to refer to someone from the Philippines isn’t known as “a the Filipino” or someone from Los Angeles as “a Los Angeleno.” And yet, there is an even more distasteful diminutive, “Salvi.” Maybe it’s just me but to my ear, it reeks of tweeness. A less obnoxious nickname, for those in need, is “Guanaco” which, the etymology of which — despite what any outrage addict might tell you — is unknown.

As of 2010, there were officially 358,825 Salvadoran-Americans living in Los Angeles County. There are, to my knowledge though, rather few Salvadoran-Angelenos on the whole who can be reasonably described as public figures and virtually known whose public recognition approaches the level of celebrity. Although I’ve known Salvadoran friends, co-workers, family members, and roommate — none of them can properly be characterized as (nor have any aspired to be) public figures. That’s not, of course, to suggest that they are less important; that there aren’t Salvadorans working in the fields of arts, sciences, and sports; or that it’s for lack of Salvadoran efforts — rather it seems to me that the mainstream media is generally both clueless and indifferent about Salvadorans except in the instances in which the gang whose name I dare not speak is the subject of inarticulate tweets by the President whose name I dare not speak.

Salvadorans working in film and television include actors Adrian Bellani, Ana Villafañe, Anita Page, J. D. Pardo, Maurice Benard, and Rolando Molina; and actor/director Nancy C. Mejia. Salvadoran-Angeleno musicians include singers Allison Iraheta, Nirin (née Martha Perez), and Sabi; hip-hop duo Crooked Stilo, and drummer Joey Castillo (of Danzig). Salvadoran-Angeleno artists include RETNA, Curly Velasquez, Esau Rosales, and Dichos de un Bicho (né Victor Interiano). Model Christy Turlington, who dated Christian Slater in 1993, has a Salvadoran mother. Salvadoran athletes who’ve at one time or another lived in Los Angeles or played for Los Angeles teams include association football players Carlos Menjívar, Derby Carrillo, Dustin Corea, Edwin Miranda, Efrain Burgos, Jr., Gerson Mayen, Hugo Pérez, and Steve Purdy; boxer Carlos Hernández; tennis player Rosemary Casals; mixed martial artist Roger Huerta; American football player José Cortez; and baseball player Steve Rodriguez. Salvadoran-Angelenos whose contributions are arguably even more significant include physician and medical researcher Bernard Lewinsky and astronaut Francisco Rubio.

SALVADORAN CUISINE

Less frequently overlooked (in Los Angeles anyway) but still underappreciated is Salvadoran cuisine. Salvadoran cuisine, not surprisingly bears a resemblance to and shares many dishes with the cuisines of its neighbors. Some of the most well-liked desserts enjoy a popularity that extends beyond Central America. Pastel de tres leches is a desert of European origin and torta Maria Luisa is more often associated, in my experience, with Colombia. Though neither is native to North America, fried cassava (yuca) and plantains (ask a Southerner how to pronounce it before you say “Plan-Tane”) are also popular throughout El Salvador and Central America.

It would probably surprise many Southern Californians (as it did me) to learn that horchata is originally from the Maghreb — although no one that’s had the Salvadoran version, which uses calabash, specifically jicaro seeds, would confuse it with the Mexican version, in which rice is the primary ingredient. Another popular beverage is the refresco de ensalada, which though it roughly translates to “salad soft drink,” is thankfully more similar to a fruit salad than it is to a green, potato, or egg one blended with carbonated water.

Culinary items more closely associated with El Salvador include alguashte (a seasoning made from ground pumpkin seeds), pan con pollo (a type of shredded chicken sandwich), and the most emblematic of Salvadoran dishes, the pupusa. Pupusas are essentially thick maize/corn (or occasionally rice) tortillas stuffed with savory fillings, and topped with both a mildly spicy cabbage slaw called curtido, and a (usually) mild tomato salsa. They are simple. When food writers cover them, the adjective “humble” is unfailingly evoked; however, they are no more “humble” than, pizza — an item likewise based around a combination of dough, tomato sauce, and toppings — and yet whereas pizzas have been the subject of countless books, articles, blogs, and conversations, it is the coverage of pupusas that can better be described as humble.

A “humble” vegan pupusa from Pupusa Delmy

That the pupusa has not yet conquered the world or even the US is a bit of a mystery to me since they are invariably cheap, satisfying, and most importantly, delicious. Perhaps some of the blame is owed to the fact that, with the untimely passing of Jonathan Gold, there are no prevalent food writers for whom those qualities seem to matter. Los Angeles may have the world’s greatest food scene but it does not have a food writer scene up to the task of honoring it. Jonathan Gold was a great writer in part because he had a voice and in part because even when writing about food he was always writing about more than just food. On the other hand, most local food critics when they write about food aren’t even writing about food, caught up as they are in the superficial distractions of over-hyped restaurant openings, “Instagramability,” James Beard awards, sleb chefs, kitchen gossip, gimmicky food fads, &c.

Six years ago the once-great LA Weekly reduced the region’s hundreds of pupuserias to a listicle of ten. Other sites usually only mention pupuserias when they’re closed and set to re-open as Australian coffee shops, ramen bars, or whatever it is the trend-obsessed bourgeoisie are into this season. Perhaps, too, some of the pupusa’s failure to conquer the globe owes to the fact that its niche is already filled in other parts of the country by pizza, gyros, cheesesteak, &c. Consider the fact that even in Los Angeles, where “Little Central America” neighbors Koreatown, pupusas — which are almost like jeon topped with kimchi — haven’t made significant inroads into the Korean kitchen whereas Korean-Mexican fusion is now broadly popular and represented by several food trucks and restaurants.

It’s also just hard to imagine pupusa fans bragging and complaining the way pizza fans do. Is there any Angeleno who hasn’t had to tolerate a whiny New Yorker complaining that even if the water and ingredients are imported from Brooklyn and made in an Italian oven by a veteran pizzaiolo from Naples, no pizza made in Los Angeles will ever be as good as the worst slice in New York? Angelenos are generally more humble and helpful than that.

Last week I heard Bostonian asking an Angeleno what a pupusa was. The Angeleno described it and recommended loroco, and cheese. The Bostonian seemed alarmed at the prospect of an unfamiliar plant and informed the Angeleno that he’d be ordering pork and cheese. I’m sure he enjoyed it although it’s worth noting that neither chicharrónes nor quesillo were known to Salvadorans until they were conquered by the Spanish. In fact, pre-Columbian pupusas were (when not filled with the meat of grasshoppers) generally vegan with traditional indigenous fillings including beans, chipilín, mora, mushrooms, squash blossoms, and zucchini. 

The word “pupusa” possibly comes from a Spanish rendering of “popotlax” — a combination of the Pipil words “popotl” (meaning large, stuffed, bulky) and “tlaxkalli” (meaning tortilla). Although delicious and invariably affordable, pupusas surprisingly are not widely known outside of El Salvador with the exception of neighboring areas of Guatemala and Honduras, and Salvadoran neighborhoods in the US. In fact, until the 1940s, the popularity pupusas was limited primarily to central El Salvador. It wasn’t until the Salvadoran Civil War that pupusas found their way to new regions, including Los Angeles, and it was only in 2005 that the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly declared pupusas the national dish of El Salvador.

In 2018, though, most spellchecks don’t even recognize the word “pupusa.” Whereas taco and burrito are accepted in Scrabble, “pupusa” is not… and yet what is the English word for “pupusa” if not “pupusa?” On the other hand, the Scrabble Dictionary just added “twerk,” a mere eighteen years after Ying Yang Twins had a massive hit with “Whistle While You Twurk,” so less an indicator of the quickly evolving English language than it is an indicator of stuff the white mainstream has heard of and, outside of farmer’s markets, it’s still pretty rare to see mainstream white folks eating pupusas.

In my nearly 20 years in Silver Lake, I’ve seen all of the neighborhood pupuserias die like culinary canaries in the gentrification coal mine. I used to mourn this fact attempting to map the city’s Salvadoran businesses has taught me that they are still quietly thriving even if never celebrated by food writers at the Los Angeles Times or Eater LA.

Despite nearly every day in the US being designated some sort of national food day — and unlike El Salvador, where every second Sunday of November is observed as “Día Nacional de las Pupusas — the US so far has no holiday honoring the national dish of its fifth-largest immigrant population. Los Angeles, however, has had a few. The Annual Pupusa Festival, despite its name, was as far as I know held only in 2008 and 2009. The Pupusa Festival del Valle, on the other hand, takes place more regularly, with the last having just occurred on 9 September.

Pupusas are not limited to communities with substantial Salvadoran populations. The Pupusa Festival del Valle, for example, has taken place in Woodland Hills — a suburb dominated by Iranian, German, and British-Americans. They do, however, tend to be found in communities with substantial Salvadoran populations, which locally include Pico-Union, Adams-Normandie, Bell, Boyle Heights, Cudahy, East Los Angeles, Echo Park, Exposition Park, Florence, Glendale, Huntington Park, Hyde Park, Inglewood, La Puente, Leimert Park, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, North Hollywood,  Reseda, San Fernando, South Gate, South Park, University Park, Van Nuys, Vermont-Slauson, Vermont Vista, Watts, West Adams, Westlake, Whittier, and Willowbrook.

Speaking of Salvadoran neighborhoods — and steering the subject away from pupusas for those still with us — although the efforts of Salvadoran (and other Central American) activist to receive recognition for Little Central America (or Pequeño Centroamérica) have so far not reached fruition, in 2012 the city granted recognition to a stretch of Vermont Avenue in Pico-Union and West Adams as the El Salvador Community Corridor.

SALVADORAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS & OBSERVATIONS

Other Salvadoran festivals include the Annual Salvadoran Day/El Dia del Salvadoreño, Feria Agostina, Salvadoran Independence Day, and ¡Chévere! Organizations serving the local Salvadoran community include the Consulate General of El Salvador in Los Angeles, El Rescate (founded in 1981), the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN, founded in 1983), the Association of Salvadorans of (or in) Los Angeles (ASOSAL, founded in 1991), Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund (SALEF), Salvadoran American National Network (SANN), Radio Pulgarcito, and the aforementioned Salvies Who Lunch.

Brightwell has written for Angels Walk LA, Amoeblog, Boom: A Journal of California, diaCRITICS, Hidden Los Angeles, and KCET Departures. His art has been featured by the American Institute of Architects, the Architecture & Design Museum, the Craft & Folk Art Museum, Form Follows Function, Los Angeles County Store, the book Sidewalking, Skid Row Housing Trust, and 1650 Gallery. Brightwell has been featured as subject in The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Magazine, LAist, CurbedLA, Eastsider LA, Boing Boing, Los Angeles, I’m Yours, and on Notebook on Cities and Culture. He has been a guest speaker on KCRW‘s Which Way, LA? and at Emerson College. Art prints of Brightwell’s maps are available from 1650 Gallery. He is currently writing a book about Los Angeles and you can follow him on Ameba, Facebook, Goodreads, Instagram, Mubi, Twitter, and Weibo.

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[pilotseason2019]

Mar 12- New Casting Announcements

JAYNE ATKINSON; Bluff City Law

TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN; Geniuses

CHRISTIAN COULSON; Until the Wedding

HAILEY KILGORE; Untitled Leslie Odom Jr. Project

JUSTIN KIRK; Under the Bridge

CAMRYN MANHEIM; Stumptown

RIZWAN MANJI and GENO SEGERS; Perfect Harmony

MO MCRAE; Sisters

TOM PAYNE (replacing Finn Jones); Prodigal Son

ANNA ENGER, OTMARA MARRERO, MC LYTE, OCTAVIO PIZANO and TOBY SANDEMAN; New York Undercover

edited to add: GERARDO CELASCO (aka Adrian Bellani); neXT

[pilotseason2018]

Mar 9 Casting News

updated Mar 20 to add: LYNDON SMITH, Dead Inside

updated Mar 15 to add: DEREK RICHARDSON, How May We Hate You

updated Mar 15 to add: STEPHANIE STYLES, Three Rivers Southern Hospitality

MARK BLUCAS, The Fix

MARCUS COLOMA, False Profits

JUAN JAVIER CARDENAS, Get Christie Love

ERIC BALFOUR, DORIAN MISSICK, ADRIAN BELLANI, and ZOE ROBINS, The Finest (aka The Holmes Sisters)

KELLI GARNER, The Enemy Within

LINCOLN YOUNES, Grand Hotel

LIAM GARRIGAN, The End of the World as We Know It

ERICA CERRA, Dead Inside

CHRISTINE WOODS, Daddy Issues

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL and SHERYL LEE RALPH, Fam

NICOLE PARKER, Friends-In-Law

JAMES BUCKLEY, I Feel Bad. Every Day. About Everything

LESLI MARGHERITA, Most Likely To

JEREMY SISTO, F.B.I.

WOLÉ PARKS and CHLOE WEPPER, For Love

[themoinmontrose]

actor adrian bellani @adrianbellani is 36 today #happybirthday 

[dear-indies]

Hi guys! i was wondering if you could please help me. i'm looking for some fc recommendations for someone who is almost always wearing a suit and tie or some variation fo a suit? male preferably someone who can play in their late 20's early thirties. thanks so very much!

Gerardo Celasco / Adrian Bellani (1982) Salvadoran.

Firass Diran (1984) Lebanese.

Pakorn Chatborirak (1984) Thai. 

Charles Michael Davis (1984) African-American / Filipino. 

Shirota Yu (1985) Japanese, Spanish. 

Aaron Yan (1985) Taiwanese. 

Arjun Gupta (1986) Indian. 

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986) African-American. 

Hunter Parrish (1987) 

Rhydian Vaughan (1988) Taiwanese / British.

Nick Sagar (1988) Jamaican / Guyanese. 

Paapa Essiedu (1990) Ghanian. 

Jang Han-byul (1990) Korean. 

Luke Pasqualino (1990) 

Zeeko Zaki (1990) Egyptian.

Yang Yang (1991) Chinese. 

Will Poulter (1993) 

Michel Duval (1994) Mexican. 

Here are some suggestions anon! -C

[welovejessicaszohr]

Jessica Szohr At A Shopping Event At Diane Von Furstenberg In Los Angeles

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Emmanuelle Chriqui & Adrian Bellani Are Today’s Parking Lot Catwalkers Photo Credit: FameFlynet Pictures I love Alessandra Ambrosio just as much as anyone else, but it's nice to see some other celeb walking through an L.A.